Grifols Starts Phase 3 Trial for a New, More Convenient Alpha-1 Treatment
What Happened? The healthcare company Grifols announced in a recent press release that it has enrolled and dosed the very first patient in a new Phase 3 clinical trial called…
What Happened? The healthcare company Grifols announced in a recent press release that it has enrolled and dosed the very first patient in a new Phase 3 clinical trial called…
Sanofi has announced encouraging results from a Phase 2 clinical trial of efdoralprin alfa, an investigational therapy for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a rare genetic disorder affecting the liver and…
The Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) has announced a landmark international collaboration with Sidra Medicine in Qatar to launch the BeginNGS® newborn genome sequencing program—marking a significant step…
The Alpha-1 Foundation (A1F) has announced a groundbreaking advancement in the fight against Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) with the launch of AlphaDetect, a dedicated non-profit subsidiary focused on revolutionizing the…
Clinical studies are critical tools in identifying and developing therapeutics for a wide variety of conditions. This research is especially important in the rare disease and chronic illness spaces,…
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According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Mereo BioPharma Group plc has recently announced that the company's investigational therapeutic alvelestat has earned Fast Track designation from the US…
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Takeda and its collaborator, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, recently announced results from AROAAT-2002 of the investigational drug fazirsiran. The drug is an RNA interference therapeutic developed to lessen alpha-1 antitirypsin protein…
Discerna Pharmaceuticals has just announced the results from a Phase 1 trial investigating their GalXC™ RNAi therapy (Belcesiran) for alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency-associated liver disease (AATLD). The results demonstrated both…
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals recently announced positive twenty-four-week biopsy results from four patients who participated in the first cohort of the Phase II clinical trial of ARO-AAT. ARO-AAT is Arrowhead’s investigational…